Four-in-hand necktie



@ct, ,J 1938 F. s. BQWDEN 9 9 FOUR-IN-HAND NECKTIE Filed March 29, 1934 Patented Oct. 6, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,056,443 FOUR-IN-HAND NECKTIE Foster S. Bowden, Johnstown, Pa.

Application March 29, 1934, Serial No. 718,025

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improved fourin-hand necktie, and has for an object to provide a four-in-hand necktie that can be used either like an ordinary tie as often as desired, or that 5 can be tied in the shape and the manner desired and thereafter used as a hook on ready tied tie. Once the necktie has been made into a neat and well tied knot, it is possible with this invention to retain said neat appearing knot indefinitely, avoiding the necessity of retying the necktie every time it is used. As is well known neckties wear out chiefly by being tied and untied and retied, and not by merely being worn. With this invention, once the desired eifect has been produced, it may be retained indefinitely thereby al ways giving the necktie a neat appearance and also greatly lengthening the life of the necktie.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a necktie to be used as a ready tied necktie wherein the securing means will not increase the thickness or bulk of the tie under a collar.

A further object of this invention is to provide a quick and easy securing means which will occupy substantially the same curvature as that of the collar and which will not increase the bulkiness thereof nor be noticeable through the collar and further which may be easily and quickly secured and which after securing will be self centering so as to bring both sections of the tie into proper alignment with each other.

A further object of this invention is to provide a self centering hook and eye means as a securing means for the detached sections of the tie, the eye means being tapered in shape enabling 3 the hook to be easily placed through the eye, and

then to cause the hook to be retained automatically at the center of the eye.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, as will hereinafter become apparent, this invention comprises the constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, herein-after set forth, disclosed and shown on the accompanying drawing. In this drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same,

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of the elastic and hook members, and

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the same.

There is shown at II) the improved four-inhand necktie of folded material in which this invention is incorporated. This necktie I is capable of being tied into any sort of neat necktie knot conventionally represented at I I. When incorporating this invention in the necktie ID, the necktie I0 is divided into three sections I2, I3, and

I4, and should it be found undesirable to increase the length of the completed tie, then either the material between the sections I2, I73, and I4 may be discarded or on the other hand the necktie I0 may be originally made somewhat shorter 5 so that when lengthened out by the incorporation of this invention it is of the desired proper length.

The sections I2 and I3 are secured together by a piece of flat elastic webbing I5, secured by stitching I6 in the adjoining ends of the sections I2 and I3. As will be observed, the elastic webbing I5 is sewed so as to be inside of the end of sections I2 and I3, the inside lining of the sections I2 and I3 being omitted at these ends if desired so as not to increase the thickness of the ends of the sections I2 and I3, and so as to allow the webbing I5 to occupy the same curvature as that of the necktie I0 without increasing the bulk thereof.

The adjoining ends of the sections I3 and I4 are treated in the same manner so as to receive and secure the flat metal or sheet material hook I! in the free end of section I3 by means of stitching I8 and the flat metal or sheet material tapered eye I9 in the adjacent end of section I I by means of the stitching 20. Aswill be observed from Figure 4, the hook tongue 2I of the hook I! at its maximum thickness is no thicker than the thickness of the tie III.

The upper side 22 and the lower side 23 of the eye I9 are at such an angle to each other that they permit the hook tongue 2I to be easily inserted therebetween adjacent the sewed side 24 of the eye I9 and then automatically center the hook tongue 2| against the retaining side 25 when in securing position.

The eye I9 thus provides a large open eye portion to receive the hook tongue 2| making it very easy to attach the hook and eye together about ones neck and then the elasticity of the webbing I5 drawsthe section I3toward the section I2 causing the hook tongue to be automatically centered in the eye I9 and bringing the sections I3 and I4 of the tie I0 in perfect alignment with each other.

As a result of this construction, the tie when worn will always have the appearance of a hand tied necktie making it unnecessary to tie and retie the necktie except when it is desired to change the appearance of the knot I I.

The novel features and the operation of this device will be apparent from the foregoing description. While the device has been shown and the structure described in detail, it is obvious that this invention is not to be considered limited to the exact form disclosed and that changes may be made therein within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

A four-in-hand necktie of folded material comprising tying end portions and an intermediate neck portion, means for detachably securing said intermediate portion to one of said tying portions and elastic means securing said intermediate portion to the other or second tying portion, said detachable means comprising a flat member having a hook projecting centrally from one side thereof,

15 a major section of said member secured within the folds of one edge of the neck portion centrally thereof with the hook projecting from the exposed edge of said member, said hook being of the same thickness as the folds of the tying and neck sections, a second flat member secured to the end of the first tying portion, said member last mentioned having a tapered eye formed therein, a section of said last mentioned member being sewed within the folds of the end of said first tying portion centrally thereof with the eye portion of the member projecting centrally therefrom beyond the folds, said hook adapted to be inserted within said eye and to thus be guided toward the tapered end of said eye.

. FOSTER S. BOWDEN. 

